According
to CryptoCompare’s latest report comparing cryptocurrency exchange activity in
February 2023, Binance confirmed its dominant role by achieving record market
share in the spot and derivatives markets. Binance’s popularity grew despite
declining volumes at other major exchange offerings and the US legal issues
with the BUSD stablecoin.
CryptoCompare
revealed on Wednesday that Binance’s spot market share across the most popular
crypto trading platforms increased for a fourth month in a row, from 59.4% reported
in January to 61.8% last month. In the said period, Binance saw a substantial
increase in its trading volumes in spot and derivatives markets. The spot
transaction’s turnover increased by 13.7%, reaching $540 billion.
“The
increase was a surprising divergence from the performance of other exchanges,
with Coinbase, Bitfinex, and Bitstamp all seeing a decline in volumes.
Similarly, Binance’s market share across derivative exchange also grew to
62.9%, its highest-ever recorded monthly market share,” CryptoCompare’s
report commented.
In
February, total spot trading volumes increased 10% to $946 billion, which is the
second month of consecutive volume increases. Top-Tier spot volumes increased
9.23% to $873 billion, and Lower-Tier spot volumes increased 20.4% to $72.1
billion. Despite the increase, trading volumes remain at historically low
levels. By comparison, two years ago,…